Laundry-mailing packet.



E. F. REICHMUTH.

LAUNDRY MAILING PACKET.

APPLiCATlON mu) JAN. 29. 1918.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

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E. F. REICHMUTH.

LAUNDRY MAILING PACKET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29. 1918.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

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IERWIN FERDINAND REICHMUTH, 0F RIPON, WISCONSIN.

LAUNDRY-MAILING PACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 26, 1918.

Application filed January 29, 1918. Serial No. 214,305.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERWIN F. Enron- MUTI-I, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Ripon, in the county of Fond du Lac and Stateof Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Laundry-Mailing Packet,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to provide a receptacle for laundry which may be easily converted into amailing packet for said laundry; to furnish a mailing packet or coverwhich is arranged to receive laundry or similar articles in the first instance for saving a second handling thereof; to provide a packet of thecharacter mentioned which may be used as a wall pocket or receptacle; toprovide a packet of the character mentioned with permanent inscriptionsand a receptacle for tariff stamps; and to provide a constructionarranged to insure the exposure of said inscriptions; and to provide apacket with means permanently attached thereto for closing the packetfor preventing the loss of articles therefrom.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a packet constructed and arranged inaccordance with the present invention, the View showing the packet asactively disposed ready for shipment;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same on an enlarged scale, thepacket being shown as inactively disposed;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the packet showing the same as activelydisposed as a wall receptacle;

Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the material from which the packet isconstructed partly spread and partly joined to form the cover pockethereinafter described;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on an enlarged scale, of the endfragment of a packet, the section being taken as on the line 5-5 in Fig.2;

Fig. 6 is a cross section on an enlarged scale, the section being takenas on the line 6-6 in Fig. 2.

Description.

Packets of the character mentioned are constructed preferably of a lightform of duck or canvas. As seen best in Fig. 4 of the drawings, a singlesheet of the material mentioned is cut to a pattern having a back panel11, side panels 12 for folding there over, and a pocket flap 13. Theflap 13 in conjunction with the lower end of the panel 11, adjacent tosaid flap, constitutes a permanent pocket or container for the remainderof the panel 11, together with the side panels 12 and articles containedtherein. The end of the panel 11 is permanently se cured at the sideedges thereof to the flap 13, as seen best in Fig. 6, where the stitchedseams 14 are shown as uniting the said panel and flap. As seen best inFig. 5 of the drawings, the lower ends of the panels 12 are firmlyunited by means of stitching 15, to the panel 11 adjacent the junctionthereof with the flap 13. The strings 16. are used to draw the edges ofthe panels 12 together at specified intervals as shown in Figs. 2 and 3of the drawings to form a bag of gradually increasing depth.

For hanging the bag-like structure resulting from tying the strings 16,the panel 11, as shown best in Figs. 2 and 3, is provided with eyelets17 through which may be threaded hooks 18 of any suitable construction.These eyelets are used when the packet is used as a receptacle forsoiled clothing.

When employing a packet of the construction herein disclosed, it isremoved from the hangers or hooks 18 when filled; and withoutnecessitating re-packing, the packet and clothing contained therein arerolled into the pocket formed by the panels 11 and 12 and the flap 13.The flap 13 is permanently provided with an address card 19. The card 19is properly inscribed with the address of the person to whom the packetis to be shipped, and also with the address of the shipper. The card 19is also provided with an exposed space 20 for holding stamps. Theaddress places on said card and the space for adhering the stamps to thesaid card, are exposed by rectangular openings 21 and 22 formed in theouter surface of the flap 13. The card 19 is preferably backed up andprotected from wear by a patch 23 best shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.The packet being thus provided, no time is lost when rolling andshipping the same, owin to inscribing the packet or attaching a s ippingtag thereto.

To the flap 13 is also attached a carrying handle 24 of any suitableconstruction. This is permanently fixed to the packet as shown in thedrawings. The flap 13 is also permanently provided with fasteningsuspended on the hooks 18, the strings 16.

are released to allow the panels 12 to gape from each other.

When the pocket formed by the flap 13 is filled, the firstpair ofstrings 16 is tied. This, in eflect, increases the bag-like receptaclein which the packing continues until the contents rise to about thelevel of the tied strings. The additional space thus presented for thepacker also facilitates the operation of packing the soiled articles.This is repeated'by tying the second and third, or other strings, as thepacket becomes filled. At the end and when the owner desires to send thesoiled articles to be laundered, thepacket is removed from the hooks,and starting at the open end of the packet, the same is rolled tightlytoward the end having the flap 13. The roll is finally deposited Withinthe flap 13 as a pocket, when the straps 25 are fastened,

, with the result that the packet is complete ready for shipment whenthe necessary mailing stamps are affixed to the card in the space 20.

While the structure and operation of the article herein described havebeen mentioned with particularity to the employment of a permanentaddress card and a bag wherein the articles are handled once only, thatis to say, they are not rehandled before rolling, it will be understoodthat the address card may be temporary and changed as often as isdesired. It is, however, intended that the card of original mailingshould be engrossed by the sender so that the return address shall beinscribed by him, thus insuring the accuracy of the addressing.

If the user. of the receptacle desires, the

mailing packet may be arranged for transportation with greater ncatnessand despatch, by removing the articles from the bag and arranging themin an orderly manner near the end of the back panel. .lVhen the clotheshave been neatly piled, the back panel 11 is folded thereover, the sidepanels 12 being left outspread. This having been 1. An article ascharacterized comprising a singlepiece back panel; a plurality of sidepanels permanently secured to said back panel, said side panels meetingadjacent the median line of said back panel;'1neans for fastening thefree edges of said side panels together to form in conjunction with saidback panel a bag-like structure; and a permanent pocket attached to saidback panel at the lower end of said side panels, said pocketencompassing the lower end of'said side panels.

2. An articleas characterized comprising a bag-like receptacle having aback panel and a plurality of side panels permanently secured to saidback panel; means for operatively connecting the free edges of said sidepanels, said means embodying av plurality of tie-strings cooperativelydisposed and progressively arranged on the meeting edges of said sidepanels and-a pocket flap permanently secured at three edges thereof tosaid back panel, and encompassing the free lower edges of said sidepanels for forming a bottom for the said receptacle.

ERWI N FERDINAND REIGHMUTH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

